Alfred in the ChroniclersW. Heffer and Sons, Limited, 1914 - 272 pages |
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... Grimbald , a priest and a monk , a worthy man , and choice singer , and every - way skilled in Church teaching and in Holy Scripture ; and John too , also a priest and a monk , one of keen wit , skilled in all rules of literature , and ...
... Grimbald , a priest and a monk , a worthy man , and choice singer , and every - way skilled in Church teaching and in Holy Scripture ; and John too , also a priest and a monk , one of keen wit , skilled in all rules of literature , and ...
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... Grimbald and those men of great learning , whom he had brought thither with him , and the old schoolmen whom he found there , who , at his coming , utterly refused to embrace the rules , customs , and methods of lecturing , which this ...
... Grimbald and those men of great learning , whom he had brought thither with him , and the old schoolmen whom he found there , who , at his coming , utterly refused to embrace the rules , customs , and methods of lecturing , which this ...
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... Grimbald , however , took it badly , and went off at once to the Abbey newly founded by Alfred at Winchester , and finally took the trouble to transfer to Winchester the tomb , wherein he proposed that his bones should be laid , after ...
... Grimbald , however , took it badly , and went off at once to the Abbey newly founded by Alfred at Winchester , and finally took the trouble to transfer to Winchester the tomb , wherein he proposed that his bones should be laid , after ...
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... Grimbald , Asser , John Erigena , etc. ] *** * * * § 123. With these helpers , the King gave his whole soul to Culture and to the Liberal Arts . Never was Englishman quicker in understanding or more elegant in translating .... Much did ...
... Grimbald , Asser , John Erigena , etc. ] *** * * * § 123. With these helpers , the King gave his whole soul to Culture and to the Liberal Arts . Never was Englishman quicker in understanding or more elegant in translating .... Much did ...
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... Grimbald , Asser , etc .; the Danish conquest of Mercia and Northumbria — ' which touched Ricsy , the last King thereof , so deeply that he died of a broken heart ' ; their taking of Cambridge , Wareham and Exeter ; and the sea - fight ...
... Grimbald , Asser , etc .; the Danish conquest of Mercia and Northumbria — ' which touched Ricsy , the last King thereof , so deeply that he died of a broken heart ' ; their taking of Cambridge , Wareham and Exeter ; and the sea - fight ...
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A.S. Chronicle Abbey Abbot abode aforesaid host Alderman Alfred's age amongst Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Asser Athelney Athelstan bade band barbarians battle Bishop brethren Bretwalda Britain brought Burghred century Chieftain Chippenham Christ Christian Church Crowland Danes Danish death died Earl East Angles East Anglia Edmund Egbert England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Exeter fain father fight fled fleet fought gave God's Grimbald Guthrum harried Hasting heart Heathen host Henry of Huntingdon holy Hubba Ingwar Kent King Alfred King Ethelred King Ethelwulf King of Mercia King's kingdom land Latin lieth London Lord Lord's Incarnation mighty monastery monks Neot Neot's never Northumbria peace place called Pope Pope Marinus prayer raid realm reign Rome royal Sherborne ships Simeon of Durham slain slaughter stronghold sway Thames Thanes thee therein thou took troth unto victory Wessex West Saxons whole Winchester wintered wont
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Page 1 - the private man. ... A saint without superstition, a scholar without ostentation, a warrior all whose wars were fought in defence of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained with cruelty, a prince never cast down by adversity, never lifted up to insolence in the hour of triumph '— there is
Page 1 - of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained with cruelty, a prince never cast down by adversity, never lifted up to insolence in the hour of triumph '— there is no other name in history to compare with his.
Page 105 - King, after ruling his realm well and worshipfully amid many a trouble, went the way of all flesh, and is buried in the monastery at Wimborne, where he awaiteth the Coming of the Lord and the First Resurrection with the just.
Page 69 - the Lord thy God which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out
Page 53 - a book which he carried in his bosom, wherein were written the Daily Courses and Psalms and Prayers which he had read from his youth up, he bade me write therein that same quotation.
Page 64 - of Pope Gregory should be followed : Give not much to whom you should give little, nor little to whom much, nor
Page 18 - more in His service by some infirmity, such as he might bear, but not such as would render him imbecile and
Page 128 - And what shall I say more? For the time would fail me to tell how
Page 59 - II fist escrivere un livre Engleis, Des aventures, e des leis, E de batailles de la terre, E des reis ki firent la guere.
Page 139 - the tenth part of his land for the glory of God and his own eternal salvation. And the same year he went to Rome,